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From the Ted Talk by Trish Millines Dziko: How schools can nurture every student's genius

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And skiepnag of learners, let's take a visit to our fifth-grade Alpha Centaurians, and listen in as their teacher facilitates a dcssiisoun about how Native Americans live. They talk about the logistics and the preparation behind the colonizers' move out West, and how colonizers always had conflicts with Native aanrimces. And the students vow that they will do better on Alpha Centauri. They will ensure that everyone has equal rgihts and lievs well. And you better believe it will be part of their constitution. And if you poke your head in the classroom next door, which is rather loud, you will see the kids are in their slmal groups, using their math skills to calculate the human capacity for their scacarefpt. And another set of students will be working on their planet research. When we visit, a week or so later, there might be a visiting engineer talking to the students about disgen specifications. Or the classroom could be etmpy because the students are at the Museum of Flight, sitting in real spacecraft and learning how they work. Bringing that authentic context to learning helps sunttdes retain knowledge and getenrae new ideas.

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And ________ of learners, let's take a visit to our fifth-grade Alpha Centaurians, and listen in as their teacher facilitates a __________ about how Native Americans live. They talk about the logistics and the preparation behind the colonizers' move out West, and how colonizers always had conflicts with Native _________. And the students vow that they will do better on Alpha Centauri. They will ensure that everyone has equal ______ and _____ well. And you better believe it will be part of their constitution. And if you poke your head in the classroom next door, which is rather loud, you will see the kids are in their _____ groups, using their math skills to calculate the human capacity for their __________. And another set of students will be working on their planet research. When we visit, a week or so later, there might be a visiting engineer talking to the students about ______ specifications. Or the classroom could be _____ because the students are at the Museum of Flight, sitting in real spacecraft and learning how they work. Bringing that authentic context to learning helps ________ retain knowledge and ________ new ideas.

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Original Text

And speaking of learners, let's take a visit to our fifth-grade Alpha Centaurians, and listen in as their teacher facilitates a discussion about how Native Americans live. They talk about the logistics and the preparation behind the colonizers' move out West, and how colonizers always had conflicts with Native Americans. And the students vow that they will do better on Alpha Centauri. They will ensure that everyone has equal rights and lives well. And you better believe it will be part of their constitution. And if you poke your head in the classroom next door, which is rather loud, you will see the kids are in their small groups, using their math skills to calculate the human capacity for their spacecraft. And another set of students will be working on their planet research. When we visit, a week or so later, there might be a visiting engineer talking to the students about design specifications. Or the classroom could be empty because the students are at the Museum of Flight, sitting in real spacecraft and learning how they work. Bringing that authentic context to learning helps students retain knowledge and generate new ideas.

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